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Lesson 1: Introducing yourself

Dialog 1


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👨🏾 halo! – Hello!
👩 halo! – Hello!
👨🏾 wat es yu's nim? – What is your name?
👩 mi's nim es Mari. en yu's? – My name is Mari. And your?
👨🏾 mi es Yusef. = I am Yusef.
👩 mi es hapi du mite yu, Yusef. – I'm happy to meet you, Yusef.
👨🏾 mi olso, Mari. – Me too, Mari.

Dialog 2

👨🏾 halo! – Hello!
👩 halo! hu es yu? – Hello! Who are you?
👨🏾 mi es Yusef? en yu? – I am Yusef. And you?
👩 mi es Mari. – I am Mari.
👨🏾 mi es hapi du mite yu, Mari. – I'm happy to meet you, Mari.
👩 mi olso, Yusef. – Me too, Yusef.

Grammar

As you can see from the dialog, Panglo is an easy language to learn. It's easy to begin learning it if you already speak English. (And you do, because you are reading this in English.) But it's still easy even if you don't speak any English because Panglo is totally regular.

Personal pronouns

Here are the personal pronouns in Panglo:

Singular Plural
mi – I wi – we
tu – you yu – you all
hi – he or she dey – they

The personal pronouns, like all words in Panglo, never change. The same word form is used as the subject (i.e. the "doer") and as the object. So there aren't separate word forms like "I" and "me" or "we" and "us".

mi mite yu. – I meet you.
yu mite mi. – You meet me.
wi mite dey. – We meet them.

Possessive pronouns

The possessive pronouns (my, your, etc.) are created regularly by adding the possessive marker 's.

Singular Plural
mi's – my wi's – our
tu's – your yu's – your
hi's – his or her dey's – their

The same verb in all persons

The verb for being is also regular and it's the same for all persons.

mi es – I am
tu es – you are (thou art)
hi es – he or she is
wi es – we are
yu es – you are
dey es – they are

So verbs don't change to indicate the person. And nouns don't change either! The word nim, in the same single form, can refer to one name or many names.

hi's nim es Mari. – Her name is Mari.
hi's nim es Yusef. – His name is Yusef.
dey's nim es Mari en Yusef. – Their names are Mari and Yusef.

Panglo is free from all sorts of inflection, declination, conjugation or whatever it's called. Words don't change, period. It's as simple as that!

Exercises

Try translating these sentences from English to Panglo. The correct answers are after the word list.

  1. His name is Adam.
  2. Her name is Sara.
  3. Their names are Adam and Sara.
  4. He is Adam.
  5. She is Sara.
  6. They are Adam and Sara.
  7. Adam and Sara are happy.
  8. What's your name?
  9. My name is _ _ _ _ _ _.
  10. I am _ _ _ _ _ _.
  11. I am happy.
  12. I am happy to meet you.

Word List

en – and
du – to (the tag word for verbs)
halo – hello
hi – he or she, him or her
hi's – his or her
hu – who
es – is, am, are
mi – I, me
mi's – my
hapi – happy
mite – to meet, meeting
nim – name
olso – also, too
tu – you (singular), thou, thee
tu's – your, thine
wat – what
wi – we, us
wi's – our
yu – you (plural)
yu's – your

Answers to the Exercises

  1. hi's nim es Adam.
  2. hi's nim es Sara.
  3. dey's nim es Adam en Sara.
  4. hi es Adam.
  5. hi es Sara.
  6. dey es Adam en Sara.
  7. Adam en Sara es hapi.
  8. wat es yu's nim.
  9. mi's nim es _ _ _ _ _ _.
  10. mi es _ _ _ _ _ _.
  11. mi es hapi.
  12. wi es hapi du mite tu/yu.